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DISCIPLESHIP

ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE,WHO IS A DISCIPLE?

A DISCIPLE is someone who has DELIBERATELY chosen to CONTINUALLY follow Christ, no matter what the cost! Disciples are those who are willing to make any heart and lifestyle changes they need to make to fully follow the path that Jesus desires us to follow.

Has DELIBERATELY CHOSEN

• Each of us who are Christians made a deliberate choice to leave our sin- enslaved old life to choose a life of righteousness when we became a Christian (Romans 6:17,18)

• Disciples are those who have determined to continually make this choice as a lifestyle (John 8:31,32; Matt 6:33; II Cor 5:15)

THE COST – Disciples are those who have counted the cost and have chosen to pay it. Picture the crowds walking with Him, heading ultimately to Jerusalem, not knowing that the cross was ahead. Were they willing to follow Him all the way to the cross that was ahead of Him and them? Are we willing (Lk. 14:25-33)? The following is what Jesus taught that we must be willing to forsake to truly be His disciples?

• The love of money (Matt 6:19-21,24,33)

• Pride (Matt 5:3; 18:3,4)

• Human security (Lk 9:57-62)

• Wasted time (Eph 5:15-16)

• Self-reliance (John 15:5)

• A life free from persecution (John 15:18-23; Matt 5:10-12)

• Self (Mk 8:34,35)

• Everything (Lk 14:33; Rom 12:1)

"It does not take much of a man to be a disciple, but it takes all of him that there is." Dwight Pentecost

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A DISCIPLE

• Faithful (II Tim 2:2)

• Available (Matt 4:18-22)

• Teachable (Matt 5:6; Jn 6:68,69; I Pet 2:2; Prov 9:10; 12:1,15)

THE END RESULTS

• Growth from milk to meat (I Cor 3:1-3; Hebrs 5:11-14; Eph 4:14)

• Growth in godliness (II Pet 1:3-8; 3:18)

• Love (John 13:34,35; 15:17)

• The Great Commission being fulfilled (Matt 28:16-20)

• People who are reproducing their lives in others (II Tim 2:2; Jn 15:16)

• Find Life (Matthew 10:39)

ASSIGNMENT:1. According to the Bible's description of a disciple of Christ, do you believe that you are now a disciple of Christ?

2. Give 1 example of how you have grown in the following areas:
Less selfish –

Greater faith in God –

Concern for the lost –

Sharing the Gospel with others -

More patient, gracious, and submissive –

Discipling others -

Less pride –

RESOURCES: DESIGN FOR DISCIPLESHIP by Dwight Pentecost; PATTERN FOR MATURITY by Pentecost; TRUE DISCIPLESHIP by William MacDonald